Misericordia baseball wins NCAA opener

Tracy solid in RailRiders loss

WEST PITTSTON &#8212; Wyoming Area broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the bottom of the fifth to beat Lake-Lehman 4-1 and clinch the No. 1 seed in the upcoming District 2 Class 3A tournament.Joe Gavenonis came through with seven strikeouts for the win on his senior day and also added two hits at the plate for the Warriors (11-2 WVC). Cory Lescavage helped break the game open with two RBI in the decisive fifth.Jeremy Zezza also had two hits and drove in a run. Josh Kopcza got the final four outs for the save.Tyler Kolb had two hits and knocked in a run for the Black Knights (1-12) in the sixth.The district tournaments open Friday with the first round of the 3A and 2A brackets. Class 4A and A begin Monday with the quarterfinals.Wyoming Area, the WVC Division 2 champion, will be a top seed along with Wyoming Valley West (4A), which won the Division 1 crown on Monday with a win over Hazleton Area.Division 3 champion Hanover Area is in line to be the No. 2 seed in the Class 2A bracket behind Montrose.MMI Prep is the lone Class A representative from the WVC and will look to defend its district title as the No. 3 seed. Lackawanna Trail will be No. 1 in the bracket.All four district championship games will once again be held on Memorial Day at PNC Field in Moosic.Wyoming Area 4, Lake-Lehman 1Lehman`AB`R`H`BIVanScoy cf`3`0`0`0Carey ss`3`1`1`0Sikora c`3`0`1`0Kolb 3b`3`0`2`1Cook p`0`0`0`0TWilliams dh`3`0`0`0Cole 2b`2`0`0`0Tomolonis rf`3`0`1`0Weston lf`3`0`0`0Spencer 1b`2`0`0`0Totals`25`1`5`1Wyo. Area`AB`R`H`BILopatka cf`1`1`1`0Lescavage ss`3`1`1`2Gavenonis p`3`1`2`0Kopcza 1b`2`0`0`0Mitchell 1b`1`0`0`0Zezza lf`3`0`2`1Gushka 3b`1`0`0`0CHarney dh`2`0`0`0EMusto c`2`0`0`0Dougherty 2b`3`1`0`0Michaels rf`2`0`0`0Totals`23`4`7`3Lake-Lehman`000`001`0`&#8212;`1Wyoming Area`000`040`x`&#8212;`4Lehman`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KCook (L, 0-2)`5.0`7`4`4`2`1TWilliams`1.0`0`0`0`0`0Wyo. Area`IP`H`R`ER`BB`KGvnons (W, 3-1)`5.2`5`1`1`1`7Kopcza (S)`1.1`0`0`0`0`2

Wyoming Area baseball wins to clinch top seed for districts